Toilet-paper holder.



Patented Feb. 20, I900.

No. 643,7l4.

.1, DREWSEN. TOILET PAPER HOLDER.

(Application filed Oct. 14, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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NrTED JOHN DREWSEN, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN G.

HOLMAN, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOILET-PAPER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,714, dated February 20, 1900.

Application filed October 14,1899. Serial No. 733,581. tNo model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN DREWsEN, a subject of the King of Denmark, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Toilet-Paper Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in toilet-paper holders in which a frame carries a removable rod which in turn supports adjustable end forms by their upper terminals for insertion in the roll of paper, said frame being projected outward and upward at an acute angle with the wall in order that said roll shall return by gravity to its normal position after being swung into contact with the tearing-bar of the frame and a strip torn from the same.

The object of .my improvement is to provide an inexpensive, simple, and durable device of the class designated above which is adjustable to different widths of paper, takes ordinary round paper-rolls, and insures the division of the paper into strips of substantially the same length. The holders in common use which accommodate elongated rolls of paper are so constructed as to require such rolls to be especially manufactured therefor; but my holder is adapted for either elongated or round rolls, the latter being easily and quickly converted into the former for the purposes of this invention. The elongated roll has heretofore been suspended from the center, which necessitates mechanical means for returning it to the normal position; but the roll employed in my holder is suspended from a point above the center and nothing except gravity is required to swing it back into the normal position. 1 attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an end view of my invention, showing the two extreme positions of the paper-roll, one of said positions being indicated by dotted lines; Fig. 2, a front view of said invention; Fig. 3, an enlarged edge view of one of the end forms, and Fig. at an enlarged side view of the same. A portion of the frame is broken away in Fig. l to show more clearly what is behind the samei Similar figures and letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The back 1, which is designed to be screwed or otherwise attached against the wall, has the frame 2 secured thereto by the screws 3 3 or in any other suitable manner. The frame 2 extends outward and upward from the face of the back 1 at an acute angle with said face and consists of the sides ct a and the bar I), which has its lower edge serrated or armed with the teeth 4. In each of the sides a is a hole 5 large enough to receive the rod 6,which has the annular groove 7 7 cut therein to prevent lateral movement of said rod after it is in place. The end forms 8 8 are supported by the rod 6. Each form 8 consists of a strip of resilient material bent as best shown in Fig. 3, the upper part or eye 8 fitting loosely around the rod 6. The paper-roll 9 receives the forms 8 in the ends thereof and hangs freely within the frame 2, said forms being supported from the rod 6, as before stated.

Assuming that the several detachable members of the holder are separated, the assembling and operation of the same are as follows: The forms 8 are inserted in the ends of the opening 10 that extends through the paper-roll 9, it being necessary to first remove the wooden plugs which ordinarily are to be found therein, and if the rollis round it must be compressed sufficiently to elongate said opening for the reception of said forms. The rod 6 is next passed through the eyes 8 of the forms 8 and the opening 10 in the roll 9 and has its ends inserted in theopenings 5 of the frame 2, the grooves 7 embracing the sides a. The roll 9 now hangs clear and is ready for use, the free end 11 of the paper falling down in front. It will be understood that by drawing the end 11 away from the holder the roll 9 is rocked on its bearings until the rear side thereof encounters the upper edge of the bar I), when said roll is checked, the strip of paper torn off against the teeth 4, and gravity returns the roll to its original position, the freshly-torn end fluttering away from the main body in readiness for a repetition of the operation. The dotted lines 11 and 9 in Fig. 1 show the positions of the end 11 and the roll 9 at the instant of tearing the paper,

although it is not necessary to carry the end of the paper into the exact position indicated by the lines 11, as it may be above or below that shown.

By repeating the operation described above until the roll is exhausted the paper will all be divided into strips of substantially the same length.

It will be noticed that any width of paper which can be received between the sides of the frame may be used in connection with my holder.

I do not Wish to confine my invention to the exact construction of the forms herein shown and described, as any form that can be suspended by one end from the rod 6 and serves to elongate the roll or retain it in that condition may be used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire so to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Ina toilet-paper holder, in combination with a roll of paper, a frame standing at an acute angle with the wall, a removable rod supported by said frame, and forms depending by their upper extremities from said rod and laterally adjustable thereon, adapted to fit into the ends of the opening in said roll, substantially as set forth.

2. In a toilet-paper holder, in combination with a roll of paper, a frame, arod supported by said frame, and resilient forms having eyes in their upper extremities adapted to turn and slide upon said rod, said forms fitting into the ends of the opening in said roll and retaining the same in an elongated condition, substantially as set forth.

JOHN DREWSEN.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN G. HOLMAN, F. A. CUTTER. 

